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Giana Gomes is a researcher at James Cook University, specializing in aquaculture health and parasitology. Her work focuses on ciliate parasites (e.g., Chilodonella spp.), environmental DNA (eDNA) applications for disease detection, and microbial interactions in fish farming systems. She holds a PhD from James Cook University (2017), with research emphasizing the ecology and detection of harmful freshwater ciliates in aquaculture.
Her research spans over 15 years, with key contributions to understanding protozoan-bacterial interactions in tropical fish farms, heat stress impacts on fish immunity, and the use of eDNA for predicting parasite outbreaks. Collaborations include studies on cobia genome analysis, shrimp larval morphology, and necrotizing hepatopancreatitis in Pacific white shrimp.
Gomes has published extensively in high-impact journals such as Frontiers in Genetics, Aquaculture, and Reviews in Aquaculture. Her work bridges fundamental parasitology with applied aquaculture solutions, addressing critical challenges in disease management and environmental monitoring.